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Brian Harring wrote: |
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> This discussion in generall is daft. No package can rely on |
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> nanonsecond resolution for installation because the most common FS out |
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> there (ext3) does *second* level resolution only. As such, I can |
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> pretty much gurantee there is *zero* packages out there that require |
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> nanosecond resolution for installation. |
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Your "guarantee" is filesystem-specific. However, if we can |
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establish that all known packages with timestamp preservation |
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requirements do their timestamp comparisons with 1-second |
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granularity, then we'll have a much safer (filesystem-independent) |
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assumption. |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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